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A retro snake game for your terminal 🐍

• Features
• Requirements
• Installation
  • Local Run (Simple)
  • Global Install (Play Anywhere)
• FAQ
  • How can I uninstall zsnake?
• Contributing
• License

• Simple / Retro / Classic snake game
• Play with ⬅️⬆️⬇️➡️ arrow keys, W/A/S/D, or h/j/k/l

• Zsh 5.8+

Notes: The game is rendered using Unicode characters.
On ASCII-only terminals, the display may be misaligned or garbled.
(This issue is WIP)

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/signothecat/zsnake.git

Move to the directory:

cd zsnake

Run the game:

zsh zsnake.zsh

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/signothecat/zsnake.git

Move to the directory:

cd zsnake

Copy zsnake.zsh as /usr/local/bin/zsnake:

sudo cp zsnake.zsh /usr/local/bin/zsnake

Run the game:

zsnake

If you cloned the repository locally, simply delete the zsnake folder.

rm -rf zsnake

If you installed it globally by copying to /usr/local/bin, remove /usr/local/bin/zsnake.

sudo rm /usr/local/bin/zsnake

This project is still a work in progress.
Issues or pull requests are very welcome! 🙏
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MIT License © 2025 signothecat